racial progress panel wraps up integration events
A panel of four Ole Miss community members led a discussion at the Overby Center regarding the racial development the university has made since its integration
in 1862, concluding the events surrounding the 50 years of integration celebration.
BY JEREMY K. COLEMAN
jkcolem1@go.olemiss.edu

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Donald Cole, assistant provost and assistant to the chancellor concerning minority affairs, spoke at the Overby Center event,
Ole Miss: After the Crisis.

have a unique experience with
The University of Mississippi,”
Sansing said. “One was here
during the Meredith crisis,
one came here because James
Meredith broke the color bar-

rier and the other acclimates
students to university life.”
Charles Overby, for whom
the Overby Center is named,
said it was an amazing opportunity for the university to hold

such an event.
“We’ve been privileged to
be able to host a number of
programs in connection with
the 50th anniversary of James
Meredith entering Ole Miss

Man arrested and charged with Lexington Pointe bomb threat
Oxford resident Collin Jones has been charged with making a bomb threat concerning vehicles at Lexington Pointe on Sept. 18.
BY JENNIFER NASSAR
thedmnews@gmail.com

Oxford Assistant Police
Chief Joey East confirmed
that 35-year-old Collin Jones
of Oxford has been arrested
and charged with making a
false bomb threat.
On the morning of Sept. 18,
Oxford police responded to
a call about a bomb threat at
Lexington Pointe involving
the vehicle of an Ole Miss
football player.
A suspect was arrested within a few hours of the threat but
not charged. Two individuals were arrested during the
course of the investigation, according to East.

“The first arrest was a suspect of interest, and he was arrested on a different charge,”
East said. “Then Mr. Jones
came into the picture during
the investigation.”
East said that over the
course of the investigation,
Oxford police discovered that
Jones worked at the bomb
threat location.
“Anyone that’s around is a
possible suspect,” he said.
It took Oxford police several days of interviewing people
and going through phone records.
“We were able to narrow it
down, and Mr. Jones was arrested for it,” East said.
The first individual was ar-

rested for auto burglaries and
other things not related to the
bomb threat incident, according to East.
Jones was taken to the Lafayette County Jail and bond
was set at $10,000.
“I’m assuming he may have
made bond by now,” East
said.
With recent bomb threats at
universities across the nation,
East has urged students, faculty and citizens to take proper
precautions.
“Everybody ought to take
any threat (seriously) and
should try to cooperate with
law enforcement whether it’s
the university or OPD,” he
said.

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Professor and historian David Sansing hosted a discussion at the Overby Center for
Southern Journalism and Politics Thursday morning to assess the progress made at The
University of Mississippi since
the enrollment of James Meredith.
The panel was composed
of Sansing; Donald Cole, assistant provost and assistant
to the chancellor concerning
minority affairs; Valeria Ross,
assistant dean of students for
multicultural affairs and volunteer services; and former provost Gerald Walton.
Nearly 120 students, faculty,
administrators and other community members were in attendance.
Sansing prefaced the event
by providing his perspective
on the importance of the panel
discussion.
“The three people who are
going to speak this morning

and the opening up of the previously closed Mississippi society,” Overby said.
Chancellor Dan Jones appreciated the panel’s discussion.
“We’ve had a compressed
opportunity about the difficulties of our past and to think
about the past and future,”
Jones said.
Walton compared his memories of 1962 to what is happening now.
“While we still have a long
way to go, I think we have
made
some
magnificent
strides,” he said.
Cole then delivered an address about the experience he
had when he enrolled in the
university in 1968.
“It’s the university of the
2000s that is one that I can be
so proud of,” he said.
Ross discussed the trials she
feels black students have faced
in the past, along with the success the students have gained.

This week marks 50 years of
integration at The University
of Mississippi. It is important
that we take time to reflect on
the progress the university
has made to transform its obstinate outlook during the civil rights movement to a more
open and accepting place.
Looking beyond the university, it is much more important
to focus on the accomplishments of black alumni as they
have followed the legacy of
James Meredith in opening
up a once closed society.
While reflecting on the legacy of Meredith, Cory ChinnLang, a second-year law
student, said “I am forever
indebted and eternally grateful for the efforts, perseverance and victories of James
Meredith and Constance
Slaughter Harvey. Their fight
for what is right has made law
T H E D A I LY

school a very real and accessible opportunity for students
throughout the state.” The
path to racial equality has
been a journey of epic proportions in the Deep South,
with a few chapters still left
to go.
The area of the law in
particular has been slow to
change.
A vast majority of lawyers
and law students are white
males. Even now, a quick survey of the gender and ethnic
make up of our law school’s
current study body shows the
lingering inequality. For the
157 members of the class of
2012, 101 are males and there
are only 31 minority students
in the entire class. These
numbers are no reflection of
the admissions office of the
school, but a reflection of a
cultural lag in the area of the
law.
Speaking with several students on why there is such a

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gap, some have attributed it
to a feeling of being uncomfortable. As much as we try to
sweep the past under the rug,
we are in the Deep South and
there are still individuals who
harbor racist or discriminatory feelings.
One student said there is a
sense of “Why come when we
feel like we aren’t wanted,”
and another student said that
some of his peers have complained that white students
never speak to them. ChinnLang said that “integration is
more than tolerance, it’s acceptance,” which is a line the
Deep South still teeters on.
To say that blacks are not
still facing an uphill struggle
on their journey to racial
equality would be a considerable misstatement. To
quote Victoria Washington,
a second-year law student,
“The continuous growth in
Ole Miss acceptance of African Americans into its presti-

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gious law program, shows its
effort toward change both on
a local and state level. Surely
many of us would like an immediate change, but history
and present times show that
that is only wishful thinking.
Gradual will have to do for
now.”
Despite the obstacles they
faced, the law school has
been fortunate enough to
have several renowned blacks
walk its halls. In 1967, Rueben Anderson became the
first black to graduate from
the law school. He later became the first black state Supreme Court justice and the
first black president for the
Mississippi Bar Association.
Constance Slaughter Harvey
was the first black to receive
a law degree from The University of Mississippi. She
graduated in 1970, overcoming both gender and racial
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INTEGRATION,
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adversity. James Meredith’s
legacy continued again in
1994 when Louis Westerfield became the dean of the
School of Law, the first black
to serve as such in Ole Miss
history.
Looking forward, hopefully the centennial anniversary
of James Meredith’s admission into the university will
be celebrated with a much
more unified student body
who better represent our
country and state as a whole.
We’re in the right direction,
but we still have a long way
to go.
Washington said it best
when asked about her experience as an black law student and what it represents.
“My enrollment at Ole Miss

has continued the legacy
began by James Meredith
which was further enhanced
and continued by Constance
Slaughter-Harvey, the first
African American woman
to graduate from the university. My presence here,
alone, continues the belief
in change. To be a student
at Ole Miss is evidence.
How could it not be? I am a
candidate for a Juris Doctor
degree from a school who
barred the admittance of
African Americans only 50
years ago. This is evidence
that we are progressing as a
state, as a nation, as an institution, as a people. Yet, there
is still a long way to go.”
Anna Rush is a second-year
law student from Hattiesburg.
She graduated from Mississippi
State University in 2011. Follow her on Twitter @annakrush.

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So what did we learn and
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26th, ASB led, town hall
meeting about the smoking
ban?
1. The ASB had been approached by some students
complaining about smokers
not using the designated areas. It was never divulged
exactly how many, so was it
enough to constitute a ban?
2. ASB attempted, unsuccessfully, to gather student’s
opinions for, or against a
ban, so….
3. Administration supplied
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only 650 responses, representing only .05% of the student body polled.
5. ASB members at the
meeting admitted they had
never actually seen this survey. They voted based upon
something they never read.
6. Staff Council’s original
vote was against the ban…..
7. We learned .05%, not
even close to a majority of
the student body, was acceptable, when the survey
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Susan Barksdale Howorth remembered by scholarship
Susan Barksdale Howorth, the late wife of Circuit Court Judge Andrew Howorth, will be remembered by a scholarship established in her name that will be dedicated today at 3:30 p.m. at the Ole Miss Women’s Council rose garden.
BY GRANT BEEBE
sgbeebe@go.olemiss.edu

The memory of Susan
Barksdale Howorth, daughter of Sally McDonnell
Barksdale and wife of Circuit Court Judge Andrew
Howorth, will be preserved
in a scholarship named in
her honor that will benefit
education in the fine arts at
The University of Mississippi.
Howorth, a graduate of
the Ole Miss School of Law,
died at the age of 44 in February.
She was an avid supporter of the arts and an active
member of the Ole Miss
Women’s Council.
In an interview with Ole
Miss News, Andrew Howorth said establishing a
scholarship at the university was the perfect way to
honor the memory of his
late wife.
“Susan had a thirst for
knowledge,” Howorth said.
“Susan came from a family
with a very strong commit-

ment to education. I think
she would be pleased with
this scholarship and she
would want to make art education more accessible.”
Howorth,
family
and
friends have established the
fund within the Ole Miss
Women’s Council, with
$100,000 as the starting gift.
Individuals and organizations are invited to contribute.
Mary Ann Fruge, chairwoman of the Ole Miss
Women’s Council, said she
believes the scholarship will
be an apt memorial to Howorth.
“This scholarship will carry forth in (a) concrete sense
Susan’s belief in the power
of art in a person’s life and
in her belief that you can
contribute positively to
other people’s lives,” Fruge
said.
“We are grateful for her
husband and family choosing to honor Susan in this
way — the Women’s Council is humbled to have the
scholarship.”

CRISIS,

continued from page 1
“The campus community
has never been more attractive
than it is today,” Ross said.
Marketing
communications major Chloe Dallas said
that although she didn’t know
much about the history of Ole
Miss, the program taught her a
lot about the people who have
been involved in the integration celebration.
“I think (Ole Miss) has come
really far, especially with the
homecoming queen and ASB
president being African American,” she said.
The panel was the conclusion
of events surrounding the 50th
anniversary of the university’s
integration.
“Freedom of speech is alive
and well,” Jones said.

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The late Susan Barksdale Howorth – here with a younger Stewart, left, and
Marian Howorth – will be remembered as a dedicated and loving mother, wife,
daughter, sister, and friend. Her interests and talents in artistic pursuits will live
on through an Ole Miss Women’s Council Scholarship in her name created for
art majors at the University of Mississippi.

A dedication ceremony
will take place this 3:30
p.m. at the Ole Miss Women’s Council’s rose garden,
when the Susan Barksdale
Howorth Scholarship will

be announced alongside a
scholarship funded by Harry and Vicki Sneed.
The event is open to the
public, and all are encouraged to attend.

Retired Episcopal Bishop to donate personal integration documents
The J.D. Williams Library at Ole Miss is about to receive another donation in honor of the 50 years of integration celebration. Retired Bishop Duncan Gray Jr. plans
to give the Oxford and university community his personal documents from 1962.
BY AUSTIN JONES
acjones1@go.olemiss.edu

Retired Bishop Duncan
Gray Jr. of the Episcopal
Diocese of Mississippi is donating a personal collection
of documents chronicling
the period of integration at
The University of Mississippi to the J.D. Williams
Library special collection of
civil rights history.
The Civil Rights collection housed within the J.D.
Williams Library Archives
and Special Collections
contains writings from notable personalities including
James Meredith.
Current Bishop of the Mississippi diocese and Gray
Jr.’s son, Duncan Gray III,
hopes his father’s donation
will tell the story of integration in a different way.
“I think what (viewers of
this collection) will see is
a pastor, a priest trying to
do his job,” he said. “(My
father) saw himself being
placed in a particular moment at a particular time
and being called by God to
respond, not just to the is-

sue, but to the people.”
Jennifer Ford, head of Archives and Special Collections, believes the donation
will provide another perspective to the collection.
“The donation of Gray
Jr.’s papers to the archives
will be a great addition,” she
said. “He went out the night
of the riots and begged people to stop the violence.”
Gray Jr.’s donation includes
personal
letters,
newspaper clippings, flyers,
pamphlets and scrapbooks
he compiled.
Ford said the library
hopes to allow the public to
begin viewing the collection
in November.

‘Looper’: The future of science fiction
BY JOSH PRESLEY
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Crowds pack Off Square Books to watch the taping of Thursday afternoon’s
Thacker Mountain Radio. The Yalobushwackers, the show’s house band, performed
in spite of the recent loss of their lead singer and guitarist ‘Duff’ Dorrough.

Despite the fact that it came
in second to “Hotel Transylvania” at the box office this
weekend (damn you, Adam
Sandler), “Looper” is a movie
that everyone should be seeing, loving and trying to wrap
their minds around.
This year has brought some
major disappointments in the
science fiction genre (I’m looking at you, “Prometheus”), but
“Looper” makes up for all of
them. This is the best science
fiction movie to come along in
years. Yep, it’s better than “Inception.” Actually, I thought
“Inception” was just okay, but
I’m getting off-topic.
“Looper” is set in 2044, and
time travel hasn’t been invented yet. But it will be! And when
it is, it is immediately outlawed.
That won’t stop the criminal
underworld of 2074 from using
it, though. Since it’s impossible

STRESS STRESS

to dispose of a body in ’74, the
crime bosses send their targets
back in time where they are
killed by hired guns, the titular
“loopers.”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays
Joe, who is a pretty successful
looper, despite the fact that he
is a junkie. He does what he’s
told by the crime boss who
came back from the future to
set the whole thing up (brilliantly played by Jeff Daniels),
and he’s saving up his earnings so he can retire to France
someday.
Then it gets weird. Bruce
Willis arrives from the future
and escapes Joe and down the
rabbit hole we go.
I think the trailers have pretty
much spoiled that Willis is the
older version of Gordon-Levitt’s character. Gordon-Levitt
even wears facial prosthetics to
look more like Willis.
Time travel movies are often
difficult to review without giving too much away. Having

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seen the movie, I’d say the less
you know about it going in, the
better. I can tell you, however,
that this movie is one of my favorites of the year so far (then
again, so was “Dredd,” and it
bombed).
The actors all do a great job.
Gordon-Levitt keeps proving himself as one of the best
in the business, Willis brings
his A-game, and the supporting actors like Emily Blunt,
Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels, Piper
Perabo, Garret Dillahunt, and
little Pierce Gagnon makes this
one of the best supporting casts
you could hope for.
Willis and Gordon-Levitt
play their parts so well that
the moment they meet for
a conversation at a diner is
downright spine tingling. What
would you ask your future self
it they were sitting across the
table from you? What about
your past self?
The action scenes are fun
and there is a fair amount of
comedy, but there are also
some really dark and downright horrifying moments, too.
The world of the future looks
suitably futuristic without being too far removed from the
current landscape, and the majority of the movie takes place
in a rural setting.
The movie this most reminded me of was “The Terminator,” though if I told you how
and why, I think I’d be spoiling
too much. No, Willis isn’t a robot, but there are a lot of similarities in the plots of the two
movies if you look for them,
and not just that the main female character in both movies
is named Sarah.
If I’ve been a little vague in
this review, I promise it’s for
your own good. We deserve
movies like this, movies that
make us think and reward us
for our thinking. I have seen
the future of sci-fi, and it is
“Looper.”
I give the movie five blunderbusses out of five.

Third Downs
Texas A&M and Ole Miss
are at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to thirddown conversion percentage
on both sides of the ball.
Offensively, Ole Miss is first
in the Southeastern Conference in converting first downs,
with a conversion percentage
of 51 percent.
That number will be put to
the test against the Aggie defense, which is allowing opponents to convert just 26 percent
of third downs, which is also
first in the conference.
When the Aggies have the
ball, they are fourth in the
conference in converting third
downs on offense, while Ole
Miss is next to last in thirddown conversion percentage
on defense, allowing opponents to convert over 42 percent of third downs.
It will be a test to see which
team’s third-down success continues and which doesn’t. In
what could be a close game,
one or two key third-down
conversions or stops could
make all the difference.
Moore Problems
The Ole Miss offensive line
will have its hands full with
Texas A&M defensive end Damontre Moore, who has
emerged as one of the more
explosive players in the conference.
On the year, he has 27 tackles, 10 and a half tackles for loss,
six sacks, three quarterback
hurries and a forced fumble.
This is an issue for the Rebels because, as a team, they
have allowed the most sacks in
the conference. Through five
games, Ole Miss has given up
16 sacks to opposing defenses.
Slowing down Moore and
the rest of a fast, physical Aggie defense will be a tough task
for Ole Miss. Texas A&M has
racked up 17 sacks on the season, including eight in a season-opening loss to Florida.
Johnny Football
After primarily using a 4-3
defense against Alabama’s
physical running attack, expect
Ole Miss to revert back to a
4-2-5 scheme to get as much
speed on the field as possible to
counteract redshirt freshman
quarterback Johnny Manziel.
Manziel, the reigning SEC
Offensive Player of the Week,
racked up 453 passing yards
and three passing touchdowns,
while adding 104 yards and a
score on the ground.
Ole Miss head coach Hugh
Freeze raved about Manziel’s ability to extend the
play, and stopping that will be

a main focus for the Ole Miss
defense.
Teams have begun to keep a
spy on Manziel in an attempt
to keep him in the pocket, and
the Rebels will make sure that
at least one person will have
their eyes on him at all times.
Manziel’s improvisation
skills when running out of the
pocket have been on full display so far this season, and the
Rebels’ defense will have to
stay disciplined to slow him
down.
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Wallace starts and plays well,
he can take a step toward
solidifying himself. I’m not
sure one game is enough to
make it a done deal, as he’ll
have to limit interceptions
and turnovers going forward
no matter what.
Matt Sigler (@SigNewton_2): If Bo Wallace starts,
I believe that shows just how
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him, even though he has
been shaky lately.
David Collier (@DavidLCollier): I think Bo
Wallace has a good performance, but a turnover or two
will keep him from taking a
firm hold of the position. I
do think Wallace is the guy
for the rest of the year, but
there will be competition until he can limit his turnovers.
Austin Miller (@austinkmiller): If Bo Wallace
starts and plays well, as I expect him to, he will be the
starter going forward barring injury. There’s a package for both Barry Brunetti
and Randall Mackey in this
offense, but it’s not as the
starter. Bad decisions and
turnovers will happen, but
Wallace gives Ole Miss the
best chance to win because
of his ability to make plays
with his arm.

P

2. What does Ole Miss
have to do to contain
Johnny Manziel?

Hipp: In order to slow
down Manziel, Ole Miss is
going to have to play assignment football and always
make sure that someone
has an eye on the freshman
when he rolls out of the
pocket. The other key is to
avoid missed tackles, which
have plagued Ole Miss at
times and can allow a player
like Manziel to make huge
plays with his feet. Mak-

ing the tackle on a five-yard
gain is much more important
for Ole Miss than trying to
make a big hit, missing, and
Manziel breaking a 30-yarder down the field.
Sigler: Ole Miss will have
to keep plenty of speed on
the field in order to contain Manziel. I would expect multiple packages with
a high number of defensive
backs and a constant spy on
Manziel most of the game.
Collier: It will be interesting to see how the Ole
Miss defense plays against
the Texas A&M spread after having a good, physical
game against Alabama last
week. I expect to see a lot of
Denzel Nkemdiche and Dehendret Collins to put more
speed at linebacker. I think
Nkemdiche will be used as
a spy on Manziel, but it’s
tough to say how much that
will work.
The biggest issue, however, is having the Ole Miss
secondary cover guys for extended periods of time. With
Manziel’s ability to extend
plays, they have to have really good coverage to not get
burned for big plays.
Miller: The front four
have to get pressure while
also containing on the edge,
while the back seven have to
come up, tackle and make
plays like they did against
Alabama. There weren’t a
lot of big plays because of
missed tackles, and that’s
what has to happen for Ole
Miss on defense. Manziel
makes a living on extending plays. Look for Denzel
Nkemdiche to spy on Manziel, and Cody Prewitt and
Trae Elston to make tackles
in space from the safety position.
3. As of Thursday
night, the over/under
for the game is 65 and a
half. Would you take the
over or under?

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rest of the season?

Hipp: While I expect
there to be a good bit of
points scored, 65 and a half
is a big number, and I don’t
think it’ll get quite that high.
I could see a number somewhere in the 50s, but 64 is a
little high.
Sigler: I’ll take the under.
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I think at some point during
the game the defenses will
be able to get a few stops to
keep the score reasonable.
Even though both teams are
capable of putting up points,
I don’t think this one will
reach the 64 mark.
Collier: I’m going to take
the over. A&M gave up a
lot of yards to Arkansas, but
the Razorbacks weren’t able
to put points on the board.
I think Ole Miss will capitalize on those scoring opportunities, and the defense
will struggle to hold down
the Aggie offense. I think
this one will be a shootout,
and they’ll surpass 64 total
points.
Miller: I would take the
over. It’s a lot of points, but
there are too many explosive players on both sides of
the ball. Texas quarterback
David Ash had a career day
against Ole Miss, and I expect more of the same from
the uber-talented Johnny
Manziel for Texas A&M.
And while Arkansas put up
only 10 points against Texas
A&M, the Razorbacks did
rack up 515 yards of total of-

fense, so Ole Miss will have
also have success on offense.
4. What is the key to
the game?

Hipp: There’s not a singular key, so I’ll just name
one. Ole Miss has to contain defensive end Damontre Moore, who has been a
constant presence in opponent’s backfields so far this
season. He’s Texas A&M’s
best pass-rushing threat, and
the Rebels need to keep the
pressure off the quarterback
to allow for better throws
and less turnovers.
Sigler: Ole Miss must
contain Manziel to win the
game. He is too good to let
loose, and if he gets loose,
he will kill your defense.
For Ole Miss to hang in this
game, Manziel can’t run
wild all over the defense.
Collier: The key to this
game is to hold on to the
football. Texas A&M will get

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their points, but if Ole Miss
can limit their own mistakes
and capitalize on scoring
chances, they will be able to
match the Aggies and have
a chance to pull out a win.
Miller: Turnovers and
special teams. It’s cliche,
but with both offenses as explosive as they are, the team
that avoids turnovers, takes
advantage of turnovers and
keeps it clean on special
teams will have a leg up on
Saturday. The Ole Miss-Alabama game could have been
a game going into the fourth
quarter, if not for three interceptions and special teams
miscues in the first half, and
the Texas A&M-Arkansas
game got away from the Razorbacks because of three
turnovers.
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junior Barry Brunetti split reps
all week, and after Thursday’s
practice, Freeze said he wanted
to look at the film before naming the starter for Saturday.
Texas A&M, however, has
no questions at quarterback.
Redshirt freshman Johnny
Manziel has had his way with
opposing defenses en route to
being the SEC’s fourth leading
passer through four games, averaging 273.5 yards per game.
Not only is he a threat with his
arm, he is also a dangerous
runner. Manziel is fifth in the
conference in rushing yards
per game (91.5 ypg) and has
also scored six touchdowns on
the ground this season.
“He has a lot of things that
are impressive,” Freeze said.
“He has great speed and mobility. At the end of the day,
the guy finds a way to extend
play after play. Then, it ends
up being a dagger to you. He
extends it and scores touchdowns. That’s the most concerning thing.”
On the defensive side of the
ball, the Rebels will be led by
freshman linebacker Denzel
Nkemdiche and sophomore
safety Cody Prewitt, who have

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totaled 32 and 29 tackles, respectively. Both have recorded
an interception this season as
well. Prewitt and Nkemdiche
know though that this week’s
main focus will be containing
the speedy Manziel.
“This week we have a lot of
plays where we will always
have somebody watching
him,” Prewitt said. “The defensive backs are going to stay
disciplined with our scramble
rules, and if we do that and
have somebody watching him
at all times, we’ll be good.”
Ole Miss’ rushing attack,
which ranks fourth in the SEC
(223.8 ypg), has a challenge going against the fast Texas A&M
defense, which ranks fourth in
rushing defense (106.0 ypg)
and seventh in total defense
(338.5 ypg).
=“It’s the fastest defense I
think we’ve seen on tape,”
Freeze said. “They play with
extreme effort, and their speed
on the front seven is faster than
the ones we’ve seen. No one’s
had a lot of success on them.
Even in the loss to Florida,
there wasn’t very much offense put on them, so I think
they do a really nice job.”
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Rebels host sec newcomer Texas A&M
Ole Miss returns home this weekend to take on Southeastern Conference newcomer Texas A&M. The Rebels are looking to rebound from a 33-14 loss to No. 1
Alabama this past weekend and snap their 15-game SEC losing streak.
BY MATT SIGLER
mcsigler@go.olemiss.edu

The Ole Miss Rebels return
to the friendly confines of
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
on Saturday night after a twogame road trip, most recently
a 33-14 loss to No. 1 Alabama.

The Rebels (3-2, 0-1 SEC) will
welcome Southeastern Conference newcomer Texas A&M
(3-1, 1-1 SEC) to Oxford for a
6 p.m. kickoff on ESPNU.
“We’re looking forward to being back at home and playing a
great opponent in Texas A&M,
who has gained quite a bit of

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confidence since the beginning
of the year,” Freeze said. “One
of the keys is great quarterback
play. Ours is suspect right now
and theirs is very, very steady.
The system that they run fits
him very well. We’ve got our
hands full with them. We’re
glad it’s at home and look forward to getting back out.”
The quarterback position
will be a key this weekend for
Ole Miss after Freeze said he
would open up the competition more in practice this week.
Sophomore Bo Wallace and